Neighborhoods

Monday, October 21, 2019

On Monday, October 21, the Ward Beecher Foundation awarded a $10,000 grant to YNDC for additional improvements to the Glenwood Business Center.

This project will complete the renovation of the Glenwood Business Center and is part of ongoing efforts to stabilize and revitalize the Greater Glenwood Avenue Corridor. Many thanks to the Ward Beecher Foundation for the support! REVITALIZE.

Tuesday, October 22, 2019

On Monday, October 14,
sixteen Chemical Bank employees volunteered with YNDC during the bank’s annual
Chemical Cares Day to begin the revitalization of 741 Winona Drive, a vacant
home that will be fully renovated to create a quality affordable housing
opportunity.

The volunteers removed over 40 yards of debris from in and around the
property in preparation for YNDC’s construction team to begin rehabilitation of
the home in the coming weeks. Thank you to the Chemical Bank team for caring
about our community! REVITALIZE.

Jennifer Kendall is the Owner-Occupied Home Repair Program Director for the Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation. Jenn leads a team of professional staff in the implementation of YNDC’s Owner-Occupied Home Repair program, as well as managing the administration and compliance of grant funding.

Prior to joining the YNDC team, Jenn obtained 9 years of experience as Office Manager at Interfaith Home Maintenance Service where she was responsible for entering payables and receivables, generating monthly reports, processing payroll, and requesting money from funders. Jenn prepared materials for program and financial audits as well as maintained all program records.

Jenn was named a 2023 Gems of the Valley Honoree by the Community Foundation of the Mahoning Valley. 

Contact Jenn at jkendall@yndc.org. 

An abandoned apartment complex on Broadway owned by the city caught fire and quickly went up in flames.

The wind carried the flames next door to a home being renovated by Robert Pilolli. Pilolli said, "I bought it in 2015 and have been working on renovating it. Members of the Wick Park Neighborhood Association have done a lot of work to try and make this area better. The building has been empty for over ten years, and they haven't done anything with it. The city owns it. We have had problems with vagrants going in and out. We kept it boarded up, and YNDC, the Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation, has come here and boarded it up.

To see the full story from WFMJ, click here. 

The Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corp. and partners will have a ribbon-cutting ceremony and open house at 10 a.m. Nov. 1 to celebrate the completion of the organization’s first new home construction project.

To read the full story from Mahoning Matters, click here.

Jeff Kramer is an Owner-Occupied Home Repair Project Inspector for the Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation. Under the supervision of Owner-Occupied Home Repair Project Coordinator, Jeff screens properties for necessary repairs, writes up project specifications, inspects completed repairs, and communicates deficiencies.

Contact Jeff at jkramer@yndc.org. 

Friday, October, 25, 2019

On Tuesday, October 22, nearly 40 resident leaders, including several landlords, participated in a training on code enforcement organized by the Youngstown Housing Task Force.

The training provided an overview of the City of Youngstown's code enforcement inspection and appeals process, the rental registration and license program, and various enforcement tools that can be used to bring problem properties into compliance. The training reviewed what residents can do to address problem properties in their neighborhoods, including the the step-by-step process for reporting a property code violations, checking the status of an existing code enforcement case, and identifying problem property owners. The event was discussion-driven, providing many with the opportunity to ask questions, gain more knowledge, and provide feedback. 

This is the first of a series of trainings to be sponsored by the Youngstown Housing Task Force covering topics related to housing quality. The purpose of these trainings is to build a common understanding of housing quality issues and the tools and strategies that can be used to address them as the Task Force begins developing a citywide housing policy agenda. 

Leaders with the Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation (YNDC) celebrated the completion of a new home they built on Helena Avenue in Youngstown.

Joined by Mayor Tito Brown, they held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Friday.

It’s the first home that YNDC has built from the ground up, instead of remodeling an existing structure.

To see the full story from WKBN, click here. 

Monday, November 4, 2019

On Friday, November 1, 2019, the Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation (YNDC), Mahoning County Land Bank, City of Youngstown, PNC Bank, Handel’s Neighborhood Association and other partners celebrated the completion of the organization’s first new home construction project, one of three new single family homes that will be sold to homeowners as part of an overall planned strategy to revitalize Helena Avenue and the Handels neighborhood that began with the work of the Pleasant Grove Neighborhood Action Plan in October 2014. 

Monday, November 4, 2019

On Monday, November 4, the PNC Foundation awarded YNDC a $7,500 grant to support the Community Financial Empowerment Initiative.

This program includes YNDC’s housing counseling and serves as the foundation for the YNDC’s comprehensive community development model aimed at increasing economic opportunity and quality of life for traditionally underserved city residents, including increased financial stability, quality affordable housing, and asset building.

As a HUD-Approved Housing Counseling Agency, YNDC offers pre- and post-purchase one-on-one counseling services and online education, to assist low- to moderate-income city residents identify and overcome barriers to homeownership, including inadequate savings, income, credit history, and understanding of the home buying process and prepare them for future homeownership, and to provide existing low- to moderate-income homeowners with resources to maximize their limited incomes and minimize repair costs so that they can avoid foreclosure and improve their living conditions.

Many thanks to the PNC Foundation for their support of this critical free service! REVITALIZE.